Duct Tape Sit-Upon Craft

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Summer is coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean we will be staying indoors. There is still plenty of time for camp crafts, campfires and hikes, which makes this simple duct tape sit-upon craft perfect for this time of year!

How to Make Your Own Duct Tape Sit-Upon

This craft is a great way to recycle some of those plastic shopping bags!

Take one plastic bag and stuff it with 15-20 other plastic bags. Try sitting on it. Need more stuffing? Add more bags. (An alternative is to fill the plastic bag with polyester fiberfill.)

Once you have the thickness you prefer, tie your plastic bag in a knot and stuff it into your cloth shopping bag.

We chose to keep the handles on our cloth bag to make it easier to carry when hiking. Not interested in toting it with you? You can cut the handles off or tuck them inside the bag.

Then it’s time to start with the decorating!

Start by covering the seams of the cloth bag with duct tape, folding the tape over the edges to help waterproof it. When taping the top of the bag, cut pieces of tape to fit around the bag’s handles.

Once the edges are sealed, use strips of duct tape to decorate the outside of your sit-upon.

You can use all one color, make a pattern, or get as creative as you wish!

This duct tape craft is perfect for carrying on that hiking trip, giving you a clean, dry place to sit when you need a rest.

The homemade sit-upon is also perfect for sitting around the campfire. (I remember always having my sit-upon during campfire time at Girl Scout camp.) And it pairs greatly with our simple duct tape water bottle holder. While you’re sitting around that campfire why not give this soap carving camp craft a try?

And, that sit-upon makes a great seat for reading time, too!

I can definitely see these duct tape sit-upons being used during reading time in a classroom. I know we plan to use ours this year!

I’ve just stumbled upon your website — and this FABULOUS idea! I love, love, love it! So clever. And, I think it’s a hoot that it is made out of duct tape. What a great way to use all of those plastic bags that seem to keep showing up in my kitchen!

I have a link party that I am trying to grow. I invite you to share this idea — and a couple of others — at my Grandma Ideas Sharing Time link party. I think my readers would love this idea as much as I do.

The party goes from Wednesday through Friday night at midnight. I hope to see you there.